Ok, apparently there are a few people out there that actually read this blog.  As surprised as I am, I need to focus now and get as much writing done as possible to keep the death threats from taking effect.  I am putting on myself the task of getting at least one post up on here every day until I catch up with my story to where I am now.  So keep tabs, and feel free to let me know when I screw up.

As it may be awhile before I get caught up with present day events, I figured I would throw out a line or two about where I am now.  As previously mentioned, I am in Helsinki, Finland.  I arrived back here at the end of February, after spending five weeks traveling through mainland Europe.  It was not a planned excursion, but I was finding it a bit hard to consistently be working on the road and also knew my help would be needed at The Dog Hut so I decided the best thing to do would be to come back for a few weeks to get a few things in order.  My bike is waiting for me in Madrid, Spain, where I hope to fly back to in a few weeks.  And just in case anyone was wondering, I miss my bike and the 70+ degrees of Spain!